Listen to the famous Williamsburg Fife and Drum corps:
(ignore the little girl)
After reading and watching the above clips, please answer the following questions:
1. What 2 major purposes did instruments have during the Revolutionary period? What 2 instruments were mainly used by the military?
2. What were drums made from? What country is attributed with being the first to use the "base drum" in the military?
Click here for a primer on instruments used by the military:
http://www.history.org/history/fife&drum/instruments.cfm
and here:
Music Part 2
Listen to the famous Williamsburg Fife and Drum corps:
(ignore the little girl)
After reading and watching the above clips, please answer the following questions:
1. What 2 major purposes did instruments have during the Revolutionary period? What 2 instruments were mainly used by the military?
2. What were drums made from? What country is attributed with being the first to use the "base drum" in the military?